Events

On March 30, the Portuguese post office worthily commemorated the centenary of the first air crossing of the South Atlantic, between Portugal and Brazil, through the issue of a splendid series of three I20g stamps, corresponding to a nominal value of 1.05 euros. and a 3.00 euro block of paper. The first air crossing ofContinue reading "2022 – Centenary of the first air crossing of the south Atlantic"

On July 16, 1970, the Company for Bergamo Orio al Serio Civil Airport (SACBO) was established at the Bergamo Chamber of Commerce, an act that concluded a long process that had begun two years earlier to give life to the business of civil aviation on the pre-existing military airport, dating back to 1939. Exactly oneContinue reading "2022 – Bergamo – 50th anniversary of the first line flight"

A day of celebration took place in Brugherio, Sunday March 13, to celebrate Andreani’s historic first flight. For Brugherio it is always a great occasion for celebration to evoke that distant March 13, 1784, when the legendary Marquis Paolo Andreani flew up from the garden of his brother Gian Mario’s beautiful villa in Moncucco, accompaniedContinue reading "2022 – The day of the balloon in Brugherio"

On December 7, 1941, Japan unexpectedly attacked, without declaration of war, the American naval base of Pearl Harbor, in the archipelago of Hawaii, where the Pacific fleet was based, allowing the United States to overcome all internal resistance to the official entry into World War II. Eighty years have passed since that day and thatContinue reading "2021 – Eighty years ago “Pearl Harbor”"

Our member Alessandro Pratesi, one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the exhibition, sent us a report of the splendid initiative, which took place in Teramo with a wide consensus from the public, experts and authorities, on 8-23 October 2021, which we gladly share, also for the many aeronautical themes connected toContinue reading "2021 – Teramo’s exhibition on D’Annunzio in Fiume"

Our national airline was in the past a giant of global air transport, not so much in numbers but in the prestige it has built and maintained over its long and splendid life, before its inevitable decline. The service on board with the legendary cuisine of the first class, the excellent training of the pilotsContinue reading "2021 – ALITALIA – ITA AIRWAYS"

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori. An important milestone, which must be seen as a result of the entire Air Force and must be a pride for the entire country. Over the years, the Group dedicated to aerobatic flight has been able to express, in perfect harmony, high technology, professionalism andContinue reading "2021 – The Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows) turn sixty"

The Blimp Goodyear airship was a comeback in style. The name of the American company is synonymous with tires, but with it the iconic “Blimp” airship, a symbol that has existed for over a century, also comes to mind. He had been away from Milan for over 10 years and that of Saturday 17 JulyContinue reading "2021 – An airship flyed the skies of Milan"

Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter of NASA’s Persevarance mission, made the first controlled flight to Mars. The test lasted a few seconds and was the first demonstration of vertical take-off and landing, reaching a height of about 3 meters. It is the first time in the history of space exploration that a powered flight is performed onContinue reading "2021 – The first vertical flight to another planet"

 “From up here the Earth is beautiful, without frontiers or borders”, Juri Alexieievich Gagarin. We rely on the memory made of it by our partner Silvia Vaccari, to remember this memorable undertaking. It was April 12, 1961 when Juri Alexieievich Gagarin was the first human being to orbit the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft,Continue reading "2021 – 60 years since the first man in space"